Julius Levi STRONG

(1828-1872)

STRONG, Julius Levi, a
Representative from Connecticut; born in Bolton, Tolland County,
Conn., November 8, 1828; attended Wesleyan University, Middletown,
Conn., and Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.; member of the State
house of representatives in 1852; served in the State senate in
1853; studied law at National Law School, Balston Spa, N.Y.; was
admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practice in Hartford,
Conn.; again a member of the State house of representatives in
1855; prosecuting attorney in 1864 and 1865; president of the
common council; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and
Forty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1869, until his
death in Hartford, Conn., September 7, 1872; interment in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present